[Assam] Brahmaputra may not be mighty anymore

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Our government will do very little against the chinese as it lacks ability and ofcourse India needs an able leader like Netaji.
   
  thanks
  pradip
   
  Brahmaputra may not be mighty anymore 
By a Staff Reporter  (sentinel assam)
GUWAHATI, Oct 23: Worried over China’s reported plan to dam the Brahmaputra river and divert 200 billion cubic metres of water annually to feed its ageing Yellow river, Dispur is expected to take up the matter with the Union Water Resources as well as the Foreign Ministries.
A media report on Monday said though it is still at the discussion stage and presents an enormous engineering challenge, the plan, backed by Chinese President Hu Jintao, aims to take the diverted water to feed north-eastern China watering Shaanxi, Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin areas that could face a parched future.
The proposed project, called the ‘Greater Western Water Diversion Project’, is part of the gigantic South-North water project that has already been started by China, the report said.
Clearly, if the project goes through, it could strangle one of the country’s biggest sources of water.
Highly-placed sources said that the Asom Government has taken note of the media report, and is likely to verify the authenticity of the report with the Union Water Resource as well as Foreign Ministries. “If China really has such plans, it is a major concern to the State and Central Governments,” the sources said.
Asom Water Resource Minister Bharat Narah, who is currently in New Delhi, is expected to take up the matter with the Chief Minister when he arrives in the State.
It is learnt that Indian officials are preparing for detailed discussions with their Chinese counterparts over the next few months.
It is pertinent to note that responding to Indian media reports that China had built a dam on the Sutlej river, the Chinese foreign ministry acknowledged the dam in Zhada county in Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) but said they did it for electricity for the local population. In doing so, they “considered fully the impact on lower reaches.”    
 		
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